“It was a great blessing to be able to speak with him,” Sister Nabila Saleh said. “He gave us courage and the support of prayer.”
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Pope Francis publishes new apostolic exhortation on St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Published Oct. 15, the pope’s letter is titled, “C’est la Confiance,” the opening words of her phrase, “It is confidence and nothing but confidence that must lead us to Love.”
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Cardinal Tobin at the synod: the church is ‘most beautiful when the doors are open’
As a superior general and then as a bishop, the cardinal said he had attended six previous synods, and this is “the most diverse synod I’ve ever participated in.”
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Synod week two opens with reflections on communion: ‘Can we find the courage to encounter reality, as it really is?’
The Catholic Church is called to be an instrument of communion, Anna Rowlands told synod participants. But it requires grace and “learning to ‘bear with’ reality, gently, generously, lovingly and courageously.“
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Ecumenical milestone: Vatican and Lutheran officials call for joint study of Augsburg Confession
The Catholic Church excommunicated Luther. The Lutheran Augsburg Confession calls the papacy the ‘anti-Christ.’ But both sides are hopeful about the future of Christian unity.
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Diocese of Rome questions treatment of Marco Rupnik, a prominent artist expelled by Jesuits due to abuse allegations
The Diocese of Rome said it had discovered “gravely anomalous procedures” that led to the brief excommunication of Father Marko Rupnik and his dismissal from the Jesuits after multiple allegations of abuse.
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Nuncio unpacks Pope Francis’ comments about ‘reactionary’ U.S. Catholics
“This is what the pope is asking of us,” Cardinal-designate Christophe Pierre said. “We are not only defenders of ideas, because if I defend only one idea, whoever disagrees with me becomes my enemy.”
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Pope Francis encourages Mongolian Catholic flock in faith, unity, witness
Without daily prayer and respect for the structure and unity of the church, “our strength will fail, and our pastoral work will risk becoming an empty delivery of services, a roster of duties that end up inducing only weariness and frustration,” Pope Francis said in Ulaanbaatar on Sept. 2.
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Pope Francis stirs controversy by urging young Russians to be proud of their heritage
The head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church said Ukrainians were shocked when Pope Francis told Russian Catholic youths to be proud of their heritage and cited two historic Russian leaders that, the archbishop said, are “the worst example of imperialism and extreme Russian nationalism.”
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Pope Francis calls Dorothy Day a ‘great witness to faith’ in foreword for new memoir edition
Dorothy Day had a very realistic picture of the Catholic Church, the pope said. “To her the church frequently seemed to be on the side of the rich and the property owners, and often unaware of the need for real social justice.”